Gary Robertson, superstar
For those who don't know, Gary Robertson is one of the hardest working men in the news business. He's the Associated Press writer who has been based at the legislative building since 2004. Because Gary is on the job, the rest of us can go work on features or investigations or spend time blogging or doing whatever it is that we do because we don't have to chase about after a million different committees.
Well, the AP has recognized his hard work. From the wire this morning:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gary D. Robertson and Mike Baker are the 2008 North Carolina AP Staffers of the Year, an honor awarded for months of enterprising and relentless work reporting on last year's historic campaign and election.The award was presented Wednesday in Raleigh by Sue Price Johnson, the AP's chief of bureau for North Carolina and South Carolina.
Traditionally awarded to a single member of the North Carolina staff, the award is shared this year by the two reporters who led the bureau's political coverage in 2008.
Baker began following John Edwards more than two years ago as part of a beat that includes covering the North Carolina congressional delegation. Robertson has served as the AP's state government corespondent since 2004.
If you see him today, it will embarrass Gary horribly if you congratulate him, so of course you should do it at your earliest opportunity.
I should ad that Mike Baker is good guy as well, someone I saw quite a bit on the campaign trail.
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